Last week, James and I went to see NIN in Duluth, GA. I've been reluctant to go in the past, using the excuse that I'd fit in like a sore thumb, thinking, of course, that everyone there would be gothed out. After falling in love with With Teeth, Year Zero, and the Slip, (not to mention how utterly HOT Trent Reznor has become) I agreed to go.
As we drove into the parking lot, we see a teenager standing on the median, holding a bible, preaching. I'm a pretty liberal Christian, but even I have to roll my eyes at that display. Walking up to the convention center, someone hands James a pamphlet that says SIN. Yet again, I roll my eyes. Like I'm going to "see the light" and give up my expensive tickets. Yeah right. I half expected them to be outside afterwards throwing holy water on people and yelling "The power of Christ compels you!". *snicker*
So, this morning, I find out that one of my favorite Christian bands, Flyleaf, has come out with a live album and guess what song they cover? "Something I can Never Have" by NIN. Haha - take that!
God Given
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101 in 1001
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I found this through Suspension of Disbelief and thought it was a cool idea, so here I go!
Start Date: Monday, September 1, 2008
End Date: Monday, May 30, 2011
Key to progress
Untouched
In progress
- Call Samantha atleast once a week (0/143)
- Call or email Jason atleast once a week (since he'll be in Ireland)(0/143)
- Start trying to have a baby
- Start planning the 2010 Hall Family Reunion
- Send Samantha and Jason care packages (0/2)
- Send my mother and sister flowers for no reason
- Have a girl's night out with Mom and Samantha
- Keep in touch better with James' family
- Make five new girl friends (0/5)
- Take Pepper for a walk on the beach at sunrise
- Get back in touch with Rachel
- Find a good home for Clio
- Play Monopoly with my Mom atleast once without getting obnoxious
- Place flowers on my grandparents graves
Tech - Scan all of my wedding photos
- Scan family photos and make copies for my parents
- Post on my blog at least once a week to vent (0/143)
- Play Wii Bowling with my Mom
- Blog about everything I do on this list (0/1001)
- Listen to every song on my ipod (0/6564)
- Finish setting up the Hall Family Reunion website
- Buy Army of Two and play it with James
- Play The Sims 3.
- Weed out my Sims 2 Custom Content
- Reorganize and clean out my del.icio.us bookmarks
Food - Cook 10 new different dishes (0/10)
- Cook dinner for my parents atleast twice (0/2)
- Drink a decent glass of wine
- Learn how to make Chicken Marsala from scratch
- Make one recipe from every cookbook I own
- Make 1 entirely organic meal
- Take Mom to Spartacus for dinner for her birthday each year (0/3)
- Learn how to make Mom's meatloaf
- Have a romantic dinner with James at the Melting Pot
- Buy 2 Destination Dinners, send one to Sam and make the other
- Gather Hall Family recipes and organize them on the Hall Family Reunion website
Job/Education - Get a job (temp or otherwise)
- Research 4 careers I'm interested in [0/4]
- Apply to Alamance Community College
- Get my High School transcript sent to ACC
Me & James - Go on a second honeymoon
- Go on a date with my husband once a month (0/33)
- Go canoeing with James
- Write a list of 100 things I love about James
- Take James to the NC Zoo
- Spend a romantic weekend at the Grove Park Inn
- Draft a will.
- Move into our own place
She’s Crafty - Make a wedding scrapbook
- Start creating a scrapbook/tribute album for my parents anniversary
Finance - Create a budget and stick with it for six months. (0/6)
- Put $5 in savings for every task I complete.
- Put $0.25 a day in a jar. At the end of 1001 days, use it to do something fun with James. (0/1001)
- Pay off at least 1/2 our debt
- Organize mint and use it once a week
Green - Start recycling.
- Start using reusable grocery bags.
- Participate in Earth Hour 2009 and 2010
Health/Self Improvement - Talk to my doctor about getting allergy shots
- Start going to a dentist to get my teeth fixed
- Reach goal weight of 200 pounds
- Go one month without eating fast food (0/30)
- Learn how to meditate
- Use the Elliptical machine atleast twice a week for 3 months (0/24)
- Learn how to communicate better with James, especially when it comes to money
- Get my eyebrows waxed
- Get a haircut that looks both professional and cute.
- Paint the kitchen
- Paint the bathroom
- Figure out how to get leftover wallpaper off walls in the computer room
- Get rid of the stinky old mouse-ridden couch
- Clean out my closet and get rid of things I haven’t worn in the past year.
- Deep clean one room per month. (0/34)
- Read through FLYlady articles
- Start FLYlady routine on 9/1
- Create a Flylady control journal
- Buy a bookshelf
Travel - Visit Seattle
- Visit Forks and La Push
- Visit Cape May, NJ with James
- Visit Okracoke with James
Entertainment - Relearn to play the Piano
- Check out the Carolina Harmony Chorus with Tammy
- Go see atleast 5 local bands (0/5)
- Learn how to play guitar
- Watch every movie on AFI's Top 100
- Read Emma.
- Read Mansfield Park.
- Read Sense and Sensibility.
- See Wicked
- Reread all of the Harry Potter books.
- Reread all of the Twilight books.
- Go see NIN again
For Others - Donate 1,000,000 FreeRice grains (0/1,000,000)
- Participate in the Blogathon again and raise money for CPF
Misc - Participate in Nanowriomo
- Vote in the presidential election
- Have all my Christmas shopping done BEFORE November 1
- Send Christmas cards atleast one year
- Buy a killer dress to wear for our 10 year anniversary
- Photograph 100 things that make me happy (0/100)
Family/Friends
Home Improvement
Feeling of Accomplishment
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Woot - I actually got off my lazy ass today and got a few things done around the house!
I:
- Scrubbed the bathtub thoroughly and rinsed it off
- Got all of our dirty clothes in the wash
- Washed almost all of the dirty dishes that were ontop of the toaster over - the last 2 are soaking
Last week, after going to see NIN in Duluth, GA, we drove down to visit my little sister and her hubby. They just bought a new house and it was gorgeous. I think something changed, because ever since we've been back, I've felt to need to start cleaning. It's refreshing.
I'm a bit of a slob, to say the least. Maybe I should post pictures on the internet to mortify myself. Yesterday, I joined FLYlady, but I still need to read the articles and emails they've sent me. Little by little, right?
Again with the blogging
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It's been 2 or 3 years since I became bored with my last blog. I never had time to write and not much so say, but now, it seems, I have the opposite problem. These days, I have more time on my hands than I'd like and so much to say that I don't even know where to begin.
I'm 31, currently unemployed (Thanks alot, stupid economy) and feeling extremely isolated, even though I live right next door to my parents, my husband is my absolute best friend, and I have the entire internet at my fingertips.
Maybe if I can get some of these errant thoughts out of my head, I'll be able to fall asleep at night.